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Ah but people wouldn't know its not worth the queue until they get off it.

Well... If a car stops on drive 9 (The dispatch drives) the cars behind it stack up behind it. You send out the car on 9 but the other cars won't start moving again automatically, the operator presses the two buttons along with the platformer and woolah, the cars in the station will move again.

It's actually impossible for it to happen in practice though. The cars are never close enough for it to happen.

Not that there is much competition... but yes, have to agree. Alton Towers is a fantastic park

Not really..... considering Th13teen looks fantastic at the moment, Saw was a better then usual Thorpe addition and Wild Asia looks like it could start Chessington off well for the tennies...Theme park enjoyment is so hard at times as people are just never satisfied.

It's one of the many ironies in life that we always try and fit in, and yet its who are we individually that people are attracted to.

I've just lost interest in the forums really and whilst I really wanted to do a Chessington website, I feel that as I've been so close to the park over the last five years, I wouldn't be able to write about the park in a fair way. I feel as if the theme park chapter of my life is now coming to an endI wish TPM all the best though, when Marc and I started the site back in oh... late 2003, I never thought it would achieve the things it has. Make a great site MikeyT and Keith, Chessington's such a fantastic park and the enthusiasm you both share for the park should make it a fantastic website.

Goodbye

You're going to the wrong continent though if you want GOOD coasters.

Wrong store love

I went for the Curry Wurst to be honest, couldn't be bothered with the rides. I did like the look of the Santa and Reindeer themed kiddie-coaster though, that looked awesome!For anyone thats been, did anyone notice how well themed a temporary funfair is compared to any of our theme parks. Germans just kick our arses in to many ways.

Well you see Fury, being a main attraction and pretty sun drenched had a lot of people fainting due to dehydration for instance. Vampire was covered in tree shadow so got away with it but I remember one day at Fury where I had to keep people in the first part of the queue line as so many people had fainted in the extension.

It was changed this year, it's more to allow the operator to view the whole queueline as the old control panel obscured the view. Other then that, it was exactly the same to operate.

I would vote, but if he isn't going to bother putting down all different types of rollercoasters then there is no point. For instance, why do the two Winjas come down in the same category (despite being two different rollercoasters) and yet Dragons Fury, Tarantula and Salama aren't included... They are the same rollercoaster type (XC3000) so....

Land clearing has begun at Chessington on the new entrance to the parks car park. Many of the trees have been cut down where the Chessington and hotel sign is.

Fantastic podcast. John Wardley is fascinating to listen to and his appreciation for the work hes done is intoxicating. Now a days, all that is ever spoken about is the new rides. it's all new, new, new, the future.Hearing a discussion about the old Vampire, Burps Bubbleworks, Cwoa's Runaway Train, Haunted House and Nemesis reminds me of the magic that I saw in theme parks when I was a kid.Thanks for the link Sheepie, wicked.

I thought it opened 2 weeks before the official start to the season.. It was definitely open at some point because it was open on both AP day and TPM's Saw preview day.

The only ride that didn't open on Thrill Chill's open day was Colossus and as the event went on more rides were added to the line up (Flying Fish, Detonator and Rush). In fact on the actual open day for all rides, the only ones that were open really were the ones that had been open for over a month already.

Otherwise known as "what Theme Park Review think of the worlds rides"

The best thing about JLS is that they have already written a book called "Our story so far." It must be about three pages long.

And you're also fat...

That... and its easier for new staff to start on quiet days as they aren't just thrown into the deep end with a very busy day.

On three trains sometimes you'd notice just to late that someone had taken their shoes off. The answer? Hide their shoes in one of the dark areas so when they get back into the station they'll be like "oh my god, someones nicked my shoes" and we would say "well we did tell you to keep your shoes on." That would get em (even though it is slightly mean).

I think that can be said for any ride at Chessington this season.

Well thank you too for being so polite